Health care benefits overview in Portland

About 50 took part in a lunchtime meeting in Portland with SPEEA Benefits Director Matt Kempf. He presented an
overview of health care benefits in response to members’ questions about Oregon health plans. Kempf presented the background
and possible next steps for members’ concerns. Mike Hochberg, the SPEEA Contract Administrator (CA) for Portland also
attended. More SPEEA lunchtime meetings are scheduled in November and December on open enrollment and retirement
(seminars held by Kempf in the Puget Sound as well).

Puget SoundNew Wichitaoffice remodelon schedule

SPEEA’s new office is ‘under construction.’ The remodel is on schedule for a fall move- in and open house.

The work is under way on a former Quik Trip
building near the Spirit AeroSystems plant where
SPEEA members work.

The new office, which has 2,462 square feet, has
more usable space for meetings. Shown here is
the Council space, a larger meeting room.

Apply for leadership conference
on race, gender and labor

SEATTLE – Are you interested in devel- oping leadership skills while learning more about issues related to race, gender
and labor in Seattle?

SPEEA is looking for members to apply for the
Emerging Leaders Conference Friday, Dec. 9
through Sunday, Dec. 11 at the Georgetown
campus of South Seattle Community College.

This year’s conference theme is “The DifferentMeanings of Solidarity: Labor Leadership at theIntersections of Race, Gender, and Community.”The conference is organized by the WashingtonState Labor Education and Research Center ( WALERC) at South Seattle College and WashingtonYoung Emerging Labor Leaders (WA YELL).

If interested, email apply@speea.org byTuesday,
Oct. 25, and include why you’d like to attend as
well as what you hope to gain and bring back
to your workplace and SPEEA. The Executive
Board will review applicants. SPEEA will cover
registration expenses.
See more information, including conference
logistics, at www.speea.org.